It’s another not-so-close meeting.
A team of scientists hunting alien aliens is investigating a radio “signal” from Earth’s nearest star – making comparisons to the mysterious “Wow!” signal from 1977, according to a report on Friday.
Astronomers at the Breakthrough Listen Project – a $ 100 million mission to find life in space with radio telescopes – have taken over a show they believe comes from the star Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light-years away, The Guardian.
The researchers, who detected the beam in Australia in April, said it was worth investigating because the frequency was consistent with the motion of a planet.
“He is the first serious candidate from” Wow! the signal “, the group declared for the socket.
In 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman discovered a radio wave that he called “Wow!” signal while using the “Big Ear” telescope in Ohio State, Delaware. The signal – which was 30 times stronger than ordinary background radiation – could not have come from Earth, scientists said at the time.
Astronomers have since theorized that waves come from passing comets, not alien life.
Scientists with the Breakthrough Listen Project are preparing to investigate the latest signal, called BLC1, in a research paper.